Updated December 06, 2022 by the ABC7 Data Team

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Aggravated assaults over the last 12 months are up 11% compared to the annual average over the last three years, according to the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department data through November 21.

The areas of the county policed by the LAPD and Sheriff’s Department averaged 586 aggravated assaults a week over the last 12 months. In 2019, that number was 493 a week.

The totals include only aggravated assaults, which police generally define as someone being attacked or seriously injured by another person, whether or not they used a firearm or other weapon.

A closer look at Southern California aggravated assaults where you live

The risk is not the same area to area.

ABC7’s data team looked at data that every local police agency reported to the California Department of Justice through 2021, the latest date for which records are available.

The map color codes each community by the aggravated assault rate in 2021. You can also click the box in the bottom right corner to see neighborhoods by the number of aggravated assaults.

Click on any area on the map to see detailed numbers, rates and trends.

You can find your neighborhood by using the box at the top of the map to search for any street, place, landmark or zip code to zoom to that location.